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404 Media Jun 3, 2024

We obtained an internal database of employee-reported privacy incidents at Google that shows the huge breadth of data it has and the run-of-the-mill and spectacular ways it mishandles it all the time

https://www.404media.co/google-leak-reveals-thousands-of-privacy-incidents/

Google Leak Reveals Thousands of Privacy Incidents

An internal Google database obtained by 404 Media shows Google recording childrens' voices, saving license plates from Street View, and many other self-reported incidents, large and small.

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@404mediaco In summary: several years ago, a massive corporation had a few inadvertent security incidents that affected next to nobody and, when discovered (by their own people, mind you), were immediately remedied. All this non-story does is whip up fear and mistrust when it is undeserved. But it's about the Big Bad Google, so it will get attention.